Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 23, 1887, Page 2

e COMPLICATIONS 1IN EUROPE. Disquieting Rumors Afloat Concern- ing Balisbury's Policy. TALK OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. Continental Journals Agog Over the Visit of Lord Randolph Chur- chill to St. Petersburges Foreign News. Nearing a Crisis, [Copyright 1555 by James Gordon Bennett.) Loxvoy, Dee. 22.—-[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Bee.]—Strange, dis- quieting rumors are afloat in reference to the attitude now boing taken by Salisbury’s gov. ernment towards Austria, Germany and Rus. gin. How far these rumors are authentic I cotitiot say. 1t may be that it is my duty to ihform you that l.lu\ may give rise toim- [ portint consequences. What one hears is that the ministry hus been induced by Bismarck ‘to give considerable countenance if not abso- lute pledges of support to the tripie alliance; that Austria is confident that she may depend upon English interception in case she is attacked. One or two daily papers known to have access to official in- formation have even gone so far as to put out feelers on the subject. The Times hints that England might possibly extend mariume aid to Ttaly or Austria in certain eventualities, Something of this kind was talked about last year, the object being, as it was then under- stood, to keep a Battenburg -prince on the throne of Bulgaria. The secret story of that affair has not yet been written, but some day it may all come out. Minister- ial oreans give currency to reports which point to a similar mysterious understanding, with Germany and Austria against Russia, At the same moment continentul journals are all agog over the visit of Randolph Chur- chill to St. Petershurg. Is there any con- nection between the visit of the leader of the tory democracy to Russia and their approach- t between Salesbury and Bismarck, Po- 1ubs of other plices resound with this question or questions growing o 1 of it. Is it mere chance or caprice that divected Chur- chill's steps to Russia just as Salisbury was concluding & German alliance, It may be, and yet the visit may be of some moment in connaction with coming events. Russia has no friend in the present government and she disposes to be very sore against England, be- lieving that she has been ill used, particu- larly by Salishury and the conservatives. She is of course aware that sho groat offense at the English court by an intrigue against Prince Alexander. It is not very safe for a public man of England to talk much about court influences, but it is a great mistake to suppose that they have no power or influence. Prince Alexander came over to see the owner a few weeks ago. Many surmises are afoat s to the object of the journcy. Some people have it that the friendly unde standing with Austria and the adoption of a frigid attitude towards Russia dates from about this time. During the parliamentary re tions can be asked the min- isters e has been ample opportunity to cust the wires of the British foreign policy a divection not anticipated, from wh they may not be easily mov PIf anything of this sort has been dor emendous si; nificance is imparted to Salisbury's words at Derby warning the country that “if the thunderclap was to start to break it will yive no warning, and if by an untoward chanco you should be invelved in it, your fate will depend upon the preparation you have made in the time of peace.” I read in the light of the semi-official whispers about England sending her navy to the Mediterranean. These sentences have an ominous significance, The gravity of our position is great creased by the fact that the two great pmu- ical partics here are by no means in accord With reference to Russia, Thanks chiefly to Gladstone's influence the liberals have been brought to the opinion that Russin means no harm to England and that an alliance with the colossus of the north would be highly advantageous, Active Ru an agents alwa work London, disseminating ti through socicty or the press. Thei have been vain. Russophobia is dying out. Evoen the fear of Russian aggression in India is much weaker than at first seemed The probability was that if the liberal party had remained in power Engiand and Russia would gradually have been drawn together, espocially as the conilition of Egypt and the results of English interference there had al- most destroyed the entente cordiale with France. Gladstone scemed to be working with that end in vie: Bismarck knew and suspected it and mever failed to ‘aim a side Dblow at Gladstone when opportunity offered. He hates him on general principles, no doubt, or hie would not have entered that well attested ing: “Had I brought as much calamity on my country as Gladstone has on his I should long ago have senta hullet through my head.” But the prince hates him specially for his pro-Russian leanings. With the fall of Gladstone a new chapter of Europesn diplomacy was opened. Ger- many and Austria renewed their advance to Englund. "There occurred a phase of foreign aflairs that became known as Battenburgism. It is said that at one time England had gone very far towards committing herself to the maintengnce of Prince Alexunder in Bul- Perhaps the device broke down itself. haps the service of unexpected circum- s had to do with the failure. What- ever the cause, the agreement with Austria practically came to nothiug. Austria never gives up. She believed—rightly or not—that the retirement of Randolph Churchill re- moved u great impediment to her success. ‘Ihe negotiations went on from time to time If they have been di; ed to no definite end the ministerial organs should be instructed to be wmore cautious than to speak at such a moment as this about Eng- vice of Time will soon show how far pop- Unless the demonstration on the part of England as a direct menace, even the autocrat of ull the Russiuns might well hesi- tate to enter such a combination against him 08 that of Gerwany, Austria, 1taly and Eng- recoil from the prospect or may be disposed to believe that the govern- land plac Austria. ular suspicion is well founde czar looks upon this g its mavy st the se land. He may meut here would mnot be supported by public opimion in intervening in any manner in continental difficultios. Undoubtedly a hope of that sort must have inspired the effusive welcome so many Rus- who look upon him as less hostile to their country than Sulisbury, snd think it just possible that he may willingly eriticize the Austrian alliance in parliament und before the English sian jJournals have given to Churchill, people. Already they talk of Churchill go ing to Gatchina to have an interview with the czar. These echoes from Russia may be merely empty sounds or there may be much hidden meaning in them. Heyend any doubt they are exciting The sage of vive to imagine what he could make of the ministerial imprudence. It is the foreign policy which happeued to be unpopular and which was vigorously con- To make England considerable commotion here. Howarden is on the qui demined by Churchill. fight for Austria would beastipendous erro and even to send her fleet to Austria to sus tain her policy, with no actuul iateation of usiag it, would create much exasporation o e o B certainly hére. When Gladstone sent s floet tp Alex- andria he had no thought of a shot buing fired, but Alaxkodria was bombarded and the wars with the Arabs and the soudan ensued. The people have not forgotten this lesson. Tf, then, the official papers have been authorized to announce inditectly an ap- proaching movement of.our naval arma- ments, the whole aspect of the Irish ques- tion and every other question will suddenly undergo a stastilng change. A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. e e CONGENIAL SPIRITS, Convivial Meeting of Smith, Kilrain and Other London Sports. (Copyright 1857 by James Gordon Bennelt.} LoNDON, Dec. 23.—[New York Herald Cable—Special to the Ber,]—Another act in the Smith-Kilrain drama came on to-day in the sitting room of the Sporting Life office, from which flew English and American tags. An enormous crowd was outside and stopped all traffic for two hours. The first to arrive was Charley Whhe, " Jom Smith's manager, Flemiog, Smith's trainer, Howes, his seconds, Harper and Baldock, and his friend Dick Roberts, who were cheered by the crowd until all were hoarse. Bmith appeared well and laughed heartily at his rocepion, and is in fact now well, but the damaged car was greatly sweollen and covered with sticking plasters. The first performance was tuking a photograph of Smith with Baldock and Harper at his side. The camera was fixed opposite in the front window of the Daily News ofice. The crowd outside, seeing faces at the open window, expected a specch from Smith. When thoy found what the process was they called freel; “Throw us out some beer and cigars.” The next arrival was Arthur Cooper, the horse owner and ono of Smith's backers. Cooper was the fayorite companion of the late Fred Archer. Mauy spicy anccdotes of how the company had been overcharged in Paris by s und hotel keepers, kept all in & good humor while waiting for Kilrain and party, Choers were shortly heard from up the steeet and Mitchell, wearing a silk hat for the first time in weeks, accompanied by Charley Rowell, was escorted by an enor- mous erowd erying; “Bravo, Charley, you'r a berick " The pretty dog cart and pouy of Mitchell was almost carried shoulder high in the thusiasm. Another roar, and this loudcr than ever before, heralded the g of Kilruin and Pony Moore, who w obliged to put their American buggy up some distance away, and all wanted to shuake hands with Kilrain as he fought his way into the office. He ramarked when he entere “Oh, my back aches with their patting.” ‘The room was now full and everyone op- plauded as Smith, with Kiirain, went to the window to appease the crowd. They were immediately recognized and as they stood side by side and shook hands, both langhing, the roar was loud and long. Such a recep- tion has never been given any pugilist in London before, The next and final arrivals were Jem Mace and Henry Bull, the latter wanting to back Sullivan to fight with Smith or Kilvain. Be- fore business commenced both wen talked pleasantly together Pony Moore o} ing to Bull: “What do you waut?! back Sull Nt Bull—I am. M.—Arc you prapared to put your money down? time rival ied the proceeding, say- Aaré you going to Y lul\(‘ it here by the thousands l you back Sullivan to fight? nem, \1 —All nnln then, I'll back Swith for a thousand to beat him. Hurding claimed he kuew Sullivan had never thought of fighting either men, Pony Moore had great applause when he called the meeting to attend to the work on hand. Charley White said: I will back Smith for a thousand,” when Pony Moore rejoined: “Weo will put up a thousand each.” mith settled everything by saying: “I will fight Sullivan for any amount.”” The announcement was lowlly cheered, Pony Moore--I propose Mr. White take the chair, which was done. Heury McEvoy—We have come here for the express purpose of settling the Swmith and Kilrain fight Mitchell said to a draw. further.” Cries came for Smith, who s: “Iam of the same opinion as Kilrain. Neither of us want to fight together again, but if Sullivan ‘wants to fight me I win ready to fight him anyotime." Pony Moore—Gentlemen, I am sixty-two years of age and have seen over 100 fights, but T never saw two such game men in my life and I am prepared to back either to fight Sullivan, The glusses were filled with champagne and the heaith of both ‘men drank with mu- tual honors. The Leulth of all the principals was then drank amid cheers for »il. A fine reception was given to Mitchell's name. Jem Mace was the last nume honored and the company settled down to talking freely in a good natured mauner, Pouy Moore—As an American, gentlemen, when I looked around that ring side and saw the kind faces—all except two being English- men-—~1 knew we would have fair p aund T think it woula result in the death of one of the men i they fought again, They are now good friends and no fight could possibly have ended in a more satisfactory manner. Smith—This is the first time I huve had a fair fight, conducted by a fair and all the gentlemen who were present acted fairly. In conclusion, if I could have won [ would have done so. Baldock—Gentlemen, when Smith fights again 1 hope to be present as his second, 1 ask you all to drink his and his family's good health;and wish both Smith and Kil- ¢ Christmas and a happy Both mep agreed mutually Neither man wants to go any He then ..1.\.1\» highly of Kiirain and ended by hoping to eujoy bis life-long friendship. Mitchell, ou behalf of Kilrain, responded in @ few words and sat down by wishing suc- cess to both men and that they would now reap the monied success they o richly de- served. Chairman White told how he had first met Smith, whom he called his *hoy" and how he had been at the back of him from his first mowent. Pouy Moore was gre he proposed, after the method of Jefferson,in “Rip Van Winkle," Mrs.Kilrain, Mrs. Smith and their families’ health,and next he added, “The whole American press,” The speaking was ended by Manager Flem- ing saying: *Cientlemen,when the fight was first proposed, I pledged myself to Mr. Fox ¢ applauded when and Mr. Atkinson that I would do my best to bring this fight off satisfactory. Tum sure Smith is the gamest man who er - en- tered a ring,and as for Kilrain he is a marvel and doserves the greatest credit.” s Refused to Disrobe in Jail, Duntay, Dee. 22—Father Ryan declined, when placed in prison, to divest himself of bis clerical attire and the Catholic warders sustain him in his refusal. Russian Troops in Poland. St. PETERSuURG, Doc. 221t 8 semi-offici- ally deuiod that Russia has informed the powers that the movements of Russian troops in Poland have ceased. 1t is & fact, howover, Ut 00 (urther displacoment of roops s ex: pected during the. present. wigger. . Kussian T i A 0 o i R i seriously expoct gomaction ov the lmrl of Germany, Ausiria and Italy to mduce >rince Ferdinand to withdraw from Buliaria. Russin Wants No Prussian Singers. VIENSA, Dec, 22.—Herr Viennes, the tenor who is under engagement to sing Petersburg, has ] ine Dolioroukl 'a note informing him Shat it 18 unadvisable at present for him to wpear in Huasia, as the govcrnment hus prohivited the exportation to Prussia of stone used for building forts. - United Ireland’'s Censuare. ~United Ireland censures mtained in the letter which er, recently sent to the papers, a8 that of the London Times, Balfour, Goschen and Huntington, 1t also announces that Sir Michael Morris, lord chief justice of the court of common pleas, Ire s started for Rome to assist in the conversion of the pope to approval of coercion. i L10 A Priest Sentenced. Dunniy, Dee. 22— Father Matthow Ryan, of the town of Hospital, County Limerick, one of the projectors of the plan of campaign, has been sentenced to one month's imprispn- ment without hard labor for inciting the peo- Plo to commit fllegal acts, Intrigues Against the Crown Prince. BerLiN, Dec, 22.~The Tageblatt declares that there exists a small but influential clique which seeks, by representing that his condition is eritical, to bring about the resig- nation of the crown prince in favor of his son, The Tageblattfhopes the crown prince will coutinue firm and refuse to submit to an operation. S Millions For Deforse. Bremawgst, D —The chamber of dep- uties hus sanctioned the expenditure of §2,000,000 in the purchase of repeating riflos und $1,000,000 for forts. o Snmmoned to a War Council. Soriy, Dee. 22.-Prince Ferdinand has summoned all the generals of his staff to at- tend the war councils in Sofia, TOPOLOBAMPO BAY. Facts About the Colony's Mismanage- ment \ Franciseo Chronicle: Among the sengers of the stenmer Newborn, was C. D. Read, of the Topolobampo colony, in Mexico. Mr. Read was one of the first to go to Topolobampo.and remained at the colony nearly a year. loaving the place with his wife and two daughter: accompanied by hteen other colon- ists, on November 8, Speaking to a r poricr he said that he had not yet seen a fair statement in regard to Topolo- bumpo matters, and he believed that the colony had a good future before it if it can be brought under good management. The plaus of the enterprise were good, but the men placed ih charge by M. Owen as directors were inexperienced ‘tent, henee the failure of th enterprise so fav.as it has gone, H ture on the mismanagement of the ey the more weight that he ims being one of the disgruntled “After arriving at the bay it ws \n\n(l that #3 a day in credits shonld be the w .,_r.\,-..,r men and wowen for ten hours a day for the fivst three month cr that eight hours should E work. ment then S 1 Had the ma been what it should have been a great deal more might have been ace plished and success assured. The stake was made at that tin rating the colony into camy the Haskell ranch and another Haskell shops and another at the Fuorte rive mile above the shops. The largest part was left at the bay, where the te us of the railroad was to b At one time there re. all iold, 418 men, women snd children in the differ- ent camps and at the preseat time the are about 140 left at the bay and at the river, 1 'he concessions from nment obtained by Me. or Rice for the ny and colon the Mexican Owen and edit Fon- were very lib- i o at- ached to them and a certain specified time to fuliill them in order to hold the property wis imposed inthe - cantract., The fuilure so far to carry out a purt of the contract by the colony visit to the cap Owen. He has obtained an of n year longer, in which time he hopes to build the thirvt ve miles of railrond and saue the concessions and. grants to the colon Then ho will , construet a diteh to ferigate the 85,000 acres known as the Mochis ranch, and make other ln\mu\mm nts. Tl \d s good and would be pro- watered and cultivated, w vegetation grow so fast and e a8 it does in the countey Topolobambo. The greatest isthe ants There of them, and the wo'k nmights, destnying many ung trees if not watched \\h‘nhlun around pest of the countr are about s largest few venomous insects and reptiles. In manp of the states there are more than in that p: M co, at least. th winters a ightful, The ade a long spell of hot weather, the me cury ranging from 90 to 103 degrees for several months. In the winter the low- est 1 degrees above zero. “hecomes acclimated, if properly fed and housed, there would be very little inconvenience from the sum- mer heat, but a large part of us lived in tents during the winter and summer and experienced moae or less discomfort from the heat and other thin It was expected when we went there that houses would be built for all,but through lack of money, bad management, ete. few got inside the buildin that were put up, Some of these built of adobe and some of stone, with dirt-cov- ered roofs, and were a very poor#helter in a heavy rain. **When the provisions ran out so that there was little to eat for a time except vegetables raised in the garden men- tioned, all, or nearly all, became discon- tented, and the worst side of every one’s nature was brought out to its fullést tent. All who had the means to go we back again to the states. The we few, however, who had the means at hand, Many of those remaining have since obtained money from the states, and bave gone from the colony from four to twenty or thirty at a time. A arty of seventy-two went away on_one oceasion. The directors and those dlaiming to be faithful to the cause us- t that the enterprise will finaliy sue- coed, and when the disheartened ones criticise the management, they ave called “'kicke leaders with d almost with inhumanity, ment does not encourng: ened ones as to the future of the colony. Last year there was but little rain and in Consequence corn was scarce and high, from $2 to #3 per 100 pounds being the price until this year's crop was matured, The crop now is good, there being plenty of rain in most |m-x of the country this year. Corn is the princi- pal food of the natives from one year's end to_another. They make it into uhul they call tortillas, The natives W uite friendly to the colonists and with curiosity our women and Women and _children, too many of them for pioneering, was one of the great mistakes in going to Topolo- bapo. It is veulized now, and Mr. Owecus has made a call for 100 able- bodied men with $100 each and a yoar’s supplies to come aud push things, If they respond o the catl Tdon't 506 why the colony should not succeed, ns therve is uo doubt that the concessions to the Credit Founcier compuny are of un- doubted value. " and are treated by the sspect, and sometimes tront- Art- Such the dish children. necc: -.uunnd, D' FEAST. | * & Merry Time at Hall Five long tables in thy Exposition building last night presented atempting array of clam chowder, roast turkey,: chicken pie, baked beans, codfish balls, pdmpkin pies, dough- nuts and other accowpaniments of the New England kitchen, The feast lad been specially propared for, the members of the New England society”6f Omaha and their in- vited guests, who gatfidhed to celebrato fore- fathers' day in & manpag befitting the occa- sion. As carly as 7 olefock the gay company began to arrive, and fortwo hours thereafter the time was most plengantly whiled away in past recolloctions of chily days in New Eug- Innd by the old, and conversation on more modern subjects botween the young folks Prof. Frunko and his orchestra “were posted in the gallery, and_rendered several charm- ing selections in capital style, Shortly after § o'clock the company marched to the tables and began_the assault on the many ‘‘goodies” prepared for. them. The eatables were served in family style, and the scriptural teachings, **Do unto 11; neigh- bor, ete,” were fullydemgnstrated. The titles of the toasts were hundsomely printed andar» tistically arranged, and to each tonst was a selection from_the writings of the several great poets. Owmng to the absence of the prosident of the socicty, Hon. James W. Savage, Hugh G. Clark, Esq., presided, and Councilman W. H. Alexinder acted a8 tonst- master in a happy and humorous manner, The toast, “Our Forcfathers,” was elo- quently responded ‘to by Rev. Heury C. Crane. An octette from the Apollo club sang very fyveetly that stiring song, “Landing of the 2ilgri Dr. 1ibbs answi ‘Maine, pital shape. its salubrious climate, and said her people did everything first class, The harbor of Portland, the doctor ventured to say, was “What we Muine-aes dote on.” The doctor’s reference to Jumes G, Blaime was greeted with ap; Homer P, Haupshiz NEW ENGLA The Puritans H red to the toast, He referred to Lewis, Esq., spoke on “New m u sprightly and pleasing istabrook sang “Weaving” in athietic tones. . B, Copeland spoke intelligently in to the toust, “Litorature of New ‘hurston responded to the in his uaual eloquent and hutnorous s The toust *Massachus cigham, and the 1 cared for, vord of Bunier: Hill" ud pateiotic n ity did s called out Nat at commonwealti was sung in proud in i repy aceceptable o st it tho 1 v tue siuging of *The old Ouken Buckot, SOCIAL SESSIONS, Pleasant Partic n Last Eveaing By Var anizations, The first annual ball of the Patri Militant of E: held af Masor dis.inguis Millard Canton, c hiall last hed social affa The Odd Fellows and their guests numbeved over 200 persons. The dance was preceffed by a drill of the patriarchs in full ugform, and some fine evolutions were displayed. Twenty numbers No. 1, was evening and was a were danced, and the! dushing uniforms of the pat s with the elezant dresses of the ladies made the scene in the baliroom brilliant one. about midn An 'ln ul L-h\ is. cant supper was The n aid G nmh,m. ken as floor coun fers’ in the Contin Tifteenth and Do streets. nitig, the rooms wilt he thrown open for the récéption of their guests, “The club occupies the éntire fourth story und thei ooms are the fluest in the The tar elub ‘held their second so- cint f the season at Motz hall cvening. About twenty-five couples wore present and the party proved a most pleasant affair. ‘Twenty numbers were daced. Hoff- man’s orchestra furnished the music. Personal Paragraphs. C. R. Tevs, Feemont, Net., is in the city.0 k.l. B. Auen, of Defiance, Ia., is at the Bar- er. J. W. Worl, of Stel Millard. J. H. Burroughs, Millard. H. P, Foster, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Miilard H. P. Ross, of Lincoln, Neb.. Milla:d. John Bratt, of North Platte, Neb., Miilard® John Snodgrass, of Springfield, Nek the Arcade. W. A. P. McDonald, of St. Joseph, Mo., is in the ci A. W. Hadd and wife, of Albion, Neb., are in the cit J. B. Thomas and wife, of Cheyenne, Wyo., are in the city. D. A. Burke and wife, of Blue Springs, Neb., are at the Millard. Twentyscven members of the Bostonians are registered at the Barker. Wealthy S. Carpenter, of Buftalo, N. Y., arrived at the Barker last night. Assistant United States District Attorney Robert Patrick, is in New York. Manager Jones, of the Grand Opera hous left for St. Puaul for a few days abscnc Henry Voss left last evening for St Louis, Mo., and New Albany, and will be ab- sent a week. James T. James, attorney-at-law, and Mr, Walker, of the firm of Steele & Wallker, of St. Joseph, Mo., are in the city. Dr. J. Gerth e veternarian, is in the city nocompay by Jumes C. Birney, of Crete, a member of the live stocle commission. C. F. Bouffier, connected with Fred Krug {t last .evening for a v al weeks which will be spent in N York in a visit to his mother and several bgethers who reside there. L. C. Wakely, of Chicago, as eral passenger ugent of the C lington & Quincy railroad, is in nss the holidays with his futh ing, Neb., is at the ‘Wahoo, Neb, is at the is at the is at the s at ant icago, Bur- the city to Judge W. I. Fitch, general manager of the Fre- mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad, left yesterday for New York, to be absent 10. A street rumor io the effect that Mr. Fitch had resigued could not Le traced to a u-lleVu Fuuuo ctions. \tine, ‘he internal rey- enue n-ullnlul for Nebraska and Dukota, re- ceived £7,6'5.70 from_the: manufucturers and sellers o ceo and Hquors, —i— Strange Craft on the Missouri, Chicago News: A strange craft was that which came down the Missouri viver early the other day and tied up a short distance below Hariem, near Kan- sas City. Tt consisted of a primitive log raft, upon which wué piled a chaotic mass of poor furniture, bed clothing, and half-broken quegipware. The craft was ubout twenty feat long and not half that wide, und upon it a man, his wife, and five children have floated down the Missouri all the way from northern Ne- braska. The maun’s nawe is Jule Till- son, and his destination is Arkansas, whence he emigrated a year ago to what is known as N Niobrara county, an un- settled region in northern Nebraska. He squatted on a claim, but was forced off when the legitimate settlers came along. This left Tillson without means, and, guthering his few effects together, he put his family on the little craft, uhu h he has christened the Arkansaw Praveler,and started on his long voyuge. The family has been on the water over six weeks, and the trip has been with- out incident, except the death of one of the little ones, The child was about six years old, and prone 10 somambulism, At a point near Sioux City the child was found missing, when the fumily awolke one mornin g, having wilked intp the water during vhe night, lSA\'EB BY A DEMUOHN, An Eplsode of Old-Time Western Justice. MUSCLE BETTER THAN BRAINS Lynching of a Murderer That Was In- terrupted to Give a Lawyer a Chance—~Whisky That Pleaded For the Wrong Side. “When I went west in '58,"" said Mr, Cunningham to a Chicago Horald re- porter, *'I was past thirty-five years old. 1 was born and raised here, and didn’t begin to study law until I wason the shady side of thirty. T worked at tho business for a year and then found my self with #100 remaining, and with every prospect when that was gone of eating my shirt, if I had one left, or starving. A good many Philadelphinns had alvendy gone west. and a few still left for Californiu overy little while, 1 went out with a party of three othe Frank Wilson, Frederick Ermbauor and Aleck Worrell, A1l four of us wer poor ascharch mice, seavecly able to rake and scrape enough together toget us out there All we depended upon was an invineible determination to get along somehow should we onceset foot on Cal- ifornin soil. In ’Fri we separated and I've never seen anything of the others from that day to thi For et | worked my wity on towaed Vallejo. entered the town in the close to the end of the year. Vallejo at that time consisted of about 100 houses, a guarter of the number being made up of saloons and gambling hells. There voren’t move than 800 people m the e town. For all that it wa v man_and twenty-three woman town as could be found along the Suera- mento. 1 had by this time found that very few v unless thoy had as much mu ains, were of much use in a California community, and had already begun to suit myself to the civeumsts Nevertheloss, I thought it as well for me if I looked up ~what legal lights the place hoasted. So about ) o'clock on the afternoon of the day of Al T dropped around to the’ of- quire Runele, who combined in himself the offices of m: e, judge. coroner and everything His office was close Lo vy Williams® saloon, and not a square from the old capitol building. It was a one-roomed frame building, with a window at each end. The window jambs were perforated with bullet holes, made by the squire in keeping ovder in court. bimself “Runcle was @ character ) pounds, short, rod lunl_\m-' as if he were dazed by yot_sharp asa whip, revolver strapped junction of trouse Squire Runcle, dull, used made from a sawed rrel lined with hide with the There he would sit, hour after his barrel, wheezy, fat, his bulldog face ved as a beet,” his little cyes tuking in all that passed. The squire was the most 1 ‘Jumd of any man in Vallejo, and a judge who'd get wmore j e out of ‘a case by dint of of she s sense thau anybody else in California. 1 had introduced mysolf and Squire Runcle had given me’ ten minutes of sound but profuse advice of how to make my way in Vallejo, when a chorus of yells sounded from up the street, and the next minute a crowd of a couple hundred men came running by the oftice shouting, ‘Hang him! Jynch the gambler!’ and in their midst, hands tied behind his baclk, a lariat around his k. a tall. middle-aged man, who wore in his red shirt front a single diamond that was o beauty. Although he was nearly 300 pounds weight and was over fifty years old, the squire v from his barrel spry as o bey, reached for his gun. drew it from his belt, stalked out and faced the lynchoers, ““What the ——are youabout?’ he. *The men nearest him drew back and him at the red shirt. busines in an eas, out half hair on, hour. in skod the man that killed Hoopes on the Benicia road last night.’ “And you're going to lynch him, hep? inguired 'Squire Runcie, He brought the revolver to bear and said slow Jim am the ’squire and 'm the court in Vallejo. If there'sany hanging to be done I'm the man to doit. Bill Haines shall have a square and fair trial, or some of you won't see to-night. ake him into my office.’ And they obeyed without a word of protest. *You \oulw fellow,’ said the indieating myself, when he was back of the railing in the office, ‘will defend the prisoner. Bill Sergeant, you'll be foreman of the jury, Har v Burns, you'll be juryman, and you, and picking out eleven men from the \d who took their places inside the railing. “hJim Hoopes was my friend,” cried a youngish man standing heside the pris- “It’s my right to hang his mur- squire od returned 'Squire Runcle grimly. e hitched his revolver closer in his hand and added: ‘But you kin be the prose- cutin’ attorney all the same. Now, young lawyer fellows, I'll give you just fifteen minutes to work up your case.’ HOf course I wi shed at my ap- pointment as lawyer for the defens the 'Squire evidently wanted to give me a chance, and I wasn’t one to back out. In my fifteen minutes Ilearned just how llw case stood. My client, Haines, was lately arrvived gambler, > .\hvml\ w crony of Hurry Barns and | Sergeint, who were both professionnls ith the cards, and_of the 'squire, who liked a game as well as the next ma That was the reason the latter was determined he should have a fair trinl. Hoopes, the dead man, had n been rather prominent in Benicin, seven miles up the road. The two men had quarrelod in Vullejo the provious night, and had left Harry Williams’ saloon to- gether. When dawn broke, six hours later, Hoopes was found dead in the Benicia road, two miles out, with tw bullet holes in him. Hi untouched. The bullets fitted Haine’ vevolver, of which, at the time of hi cupture, three chambers had been dis- churged. My opponent in the case wis Robert or *Boh” Hillman, of son repute as a lawyer in the Valle %0 had said, a friend of Hoopes’, the dead man The trial began cidedly black forth. ed, Thadbot one trump and played it. I got Ha Willisms on outh. and he swore that Haines had returned within twenty minutes after leaving the saloon, and had been there all night. It was a pretty good alibi, for no one could make Lml' miles in twenty minutes, admitting he had run both ways. Idon’ tbelieve 1spoke more than five minutes, but T appealed directly to Bill Sergeant, the foreman of the jury. Squire Runcie stimmed - up ul.l'unu?\’ in my eclicnt’s A favor, and the. jury discussed the ques- ings looked de- tion hulf an un- luckily, men on the jury who wore dead agninst the gambling fra- ternity in Vallejo, and they were determined to hang Huaines,” After awhile the jury said they wanted to de- liberate, and the squire, with an ex- pressive glance at Sergeant, ordered the crowd out, put Haines in charge of the constable, who was on hand at this time, locked the door, appointed a deputy to umu-d it, and weont over to Williams' to bet on ‘Cocked Hat.® constable took Haines to the building and locked himin th room. In the adjoining room lived a young artist, a relative of Commodore “arragut’s wife. That individual could vo the best imitation on a violin of an 10 Methodist preacher saying the Lord’s prayer of any man I over heard, and for two hours, while Haines was awniting the verdict, the artist droned out the Lord’s prayer. 1 hung about the squire's office, wait- ing for the door to open. It was 8 o'clock and very dark when I saw Bob Hillman, the prosecuting attorney pro tem, u[]v]nrom-ll the deputy at the door. He had a gallon demijohn in his hand, and I, not five feet away, saw him give the deputy n bottle and whisper to him. Then he sat the demijohn before the door and walked away, * €hen 1 rushed to the demijohn and pulled out the cork. The purest Kentucky boughon it was, and wmelt rich. There was o slip of paper on the hand I guessed what it was, tore it off, drew out a picce of yellow wrapping I had in my pocket, and with a pencil stub wrote: ““Compliments of the defense 1 fastened it to the handle and got out of sight. A second later Bob IHill- man_approached the door and tapped Lu-nll It was opened, the demijohn carried iwand the door v Hl\lumnwulkn-l]nl the deputy r and I erossed to Willinms' saloon to read my stolen slip of paper. Iswas right. monts of the prosecution,’ it Half an hour ved at. The the prisoner w tol, the later the verdict w squire ook his pl 15 brought from the capi- crowd surged in, and, while both Hillman and 1 looked smiling and confi- dent, *Squire Runcle asked: “*What's your verdict, guilty or not guilty? “Not guilty,” réturned Serg 8 gentlemen, - S gty THE PRICE OF A BEST MAN. Colonel Nicholas Smith Charges $180 to Act in that Capucity. New York Journal: A new and serious difficulty has jumped to the front in the face nf\u\l!lL’pvnph' about to be m ried. Itisa quostion of the gray moment and concerns not only the soci ety belle and her fashionable pn'h'mln‘r. but persons in every condition of life. Colonel Nicholas Smith, of Kentuel and Mr, E. J. Ovington, of Hluul\l are the actors in the n came about in this w who is some sixt the father of a v wanted to get ma eye on one of the ladies in Louisville an orphan, and so utiful daughter, 'd, e had his most lovely young Miss Georgie Maze, it the cood offices of a mutual friend. a M ulds,. This lady negotiated the affair with the ut- most tact, and with the assistance of M Ovington’s daughter, who was an inti mate friend of Miss Muze, brought the matter to a happy conclusion Miss Maze wus nineteen years of age, and Miss Ovington a tritle over twenty, and both were sensible, sweet and charming girls, ) vington was a tall, handsome an, and a millionaire. His head was white, but he had money enough in the bank to melt the heart of astone, and he lived in Paris, although he did busiuess in Brooklyn and Chicago, One fine morning the day was fixed, and then the next question was as to the best man. Mrs. Fauld suggested Colonel Smith, and although Mr. Ovington had only a slight acquaint- ance with the brave Kentucki an, he ac- cepted him, Colonel Smith was a great society man, and as accommodating as he is courageous and handsome, accepted the trust. Colonel Smith, though a nativ of Kentucky. is a resident of New and he has ‘traveled all over the world. He ih over six h-ut high, has an i nd i-) worite in N) y He |||(n the best at home and (l vond and is a remarkable man, whether he walks the streets of New York. London or Pal He is quite a sight dressed all in white in summer, and is said to wear corsets, Colonel Smith was obliged to leave Louisville immediately after the mar rvinge of Mr. Ovington to Miss Maze and did” not mwt the par again until several days later in Cincinnati. He then lllml at the hotel where they were ng and sent up his card, M Ovington came down stairs to meet him, and the gallant colonel aske of money to indorse a note fo suve him the trouble of going to New York. Ovington refused and the colonel left him. A week after that the married pair returned to Brooklyn and the colonel to the Astor house. As he was settling up his accounts one day the colonel sent his bill for expenses in- curred by the best man business in Louisville to Mr, Ovington. Ttamounted to $180, and the b dugruum. deeming it excessive, cut it down $80 and sent his check to the colonel for $100. Both men we furious, and angry letters passed between them. MY, Ovington held that it was outrageous to charge him anything for such service, and Colonel Smith insisted that the yractice is common among gentlemel Mr. Ovington consulted fifty of hi friends, prominent socicty men in Brooktyn, and they all de red that no one ever heard of such a thing as char, ing for such a job. Colonel Smith, on the other hand, brought forward as many gentlemen in New York of equal 8 who uphold his view of the case, and say that Ovington still owes #50 to the colonel, Ovington says that this $80 is the price of a- suit of clothes, and he s on why he should be compe: s it He Colonel thought ville was sent the $100 to Smith’s expenses, liberal, as the fare only $2 Smith’s friends are demand the 50 in satisf to Kentueky yesterd: and from what a friend of hix said in" the Astor house last night it is highly probable that Ov- ington will anoth kind of communication before the week ut. There wus no end of gossip yesterday about the matter. Colonel \n sholis Smith is 1l wof Ho an of men con- was unfavor rd hooks COVH and that h to Lo urging him to fon. He went The able to the colone on etiquette, while they define the du- ties of 1he best man at weddings guite -, suy nothing on the subject of his heing paid for his Mrs. \hv-\\uunl 5 society the Book of Dei ood % nml “social lfnn:'.- in New Sheehy '-lr(p)n'«l By Force. Loxvox, Dec. A telegram from Con nell received to-night says that Sheehy, M P., who was sentenced yesterday to one month's imprisonment for inciting resistance to evictions, was to-day thrown to the floor by the jait warden, who then tied his hands 1 and removed Lis clothes. THE USE OF A GLASSEYE. A San Francisco Merchant's Exports ence With a Bogus Optic, There are various uses to which the glass eye can be put, says the Alta Cali- fornin,” Tt partially curos the defects of misfortune, and makes o sightly optic out of an unsightly wound. [t enables prudent persons alsotosloep with one eyo open. This hasalways heon rogarded as @ very weritorious achievement. The man who does this is always looked upon by his neighbors as up to” “snuff,” A distinguishied merchant in - conve sation with a o the other ¢ marked casually that he owed h u cess in business to a very singular dn- cumstance “I never remarked it." , nor are any of my acqaintances aware of it. It isa triumph {J art in its wi My people in the store haven't the remotest idea of anything of the kind. But the eye scrvesn useful pur- pose, nevertheless, Its unwinking staro will bring the truth out of a fl'nml\l\vut. clerk when nothing else will,” “One day,” continued the gentleman, “T had reason to believe that a certain person in my store had got into tricky W and was defrauding me. 1 first arranged my eyes at a certain angle and walked ovel v near his coun .Vn-u-ud- ing to be examining a pile of goods. The dofective optic covered his sur- roundin He wis waiting upon somo customers at the time, and soon becamo noticeably uncasy at the furtive glare ich encountered his eyes when he raised them. 1 soon discovered that ho was growing very nervous, and 1 moved to unother place where my angle of vision still _appaiently kept him in view. By this time—he had been under fire perhaps half an bhour—I saw that his nerves were fearfully shaken, and his hauds trembled visibly as he did up the pack- ages. There a white look upon his fuce that denoted intenso ation, I kept him under f aps an hour in all, and then went to another part of the building. The next day I brought the young man again under the intlu- . This time his ased, and he be- ssed and hunted agita gnn to wear a Took that under ordinary circumstances would have appealed to iy But I ke mpathie )L him in view and was resolved the outecome of the experiment. 1d of the week he was the wost lized man L ever saw in my life, When he had reached thisstage Tealled him into my private office, and fixing the gluss eye so that it would mee look fairly, I awaited the interview. Ho wits pule and his hands trembled nervously. I looked at him euriously for a moment and then inquired: *“Have you not something to tell me?™* “He hesitated for a moment, and then stammeringly replied: :\\'In_\'. no, What should I tell you Return to your work, then.! But as he turned away I remarked to hlln. T think you had hetter tell me. s evidently broke him up. He ‘ame back and sank into a chair. His fac ¢ as death and l|1~ s full of t ‘Oh, sir,” he eri ‘pray for- Tand then it all ¢ 1 heen pilfering, that the thing might tection for years. broke down all the hu 3 , and brought him to book mw-m. e but so inge his cun- ning as per- s nothing else could have: done. There is something » steady, unwinkin that few nerves e o uncanny in the we of u glass eyo ist it e “But this is only one instance ont of many. [ got the reputation nmong people of secing everything that was umum-u My brother merehants and ve ip trying to impose on me. cived from the steady look in w through their mas rs, and dealt with me farl, iere is another instance I will res late to you, where it served a wnml turn. One night i ( car a picks |u:| skillfully He glanced up pursuing his call and saw that my eyc was fixed upon 1 lings., Of éourse, I didn’t seel thousht [ did, and, whispered inomy ind fled from thie *1 took in the situation on the i| s and, calling to my fellow-passe ve pursuit and eaptured the ier: We found in_his possession a half a dozen valuable pursesand some je \ull_\'. ST have grown so aceustomed o the effect my glass eye produces thut T an now coustantly on the lookout for tho influences it ex SA bully o A meeting once un-- dertook to frighten me by threatening demonstrations, but I encountored his furious glanees with o st an eye that he beeame demoralized in turn humbly apologized hix vulg and abuse. He had seaved me nes to death, for T am vather n frail man, but my gl eye by 1 ) to terms, as it does nearly v one with whom it comes in contuc “1suppose then.” suee the re- porter, “*that you woul the use of gl w :-\t-u by business men. SWell, Thardly know,” me mer lmnl certainly convenienece, ibly the devived from them would not me a man in putting out a natural oge for the ake of supplying its place wi wtis ficial one. But the guestion is open to argument. Much can be suid on both sidos of it. suppose. of women from the would find the benefit to the natural one I am not sure of that. Women see n W deal too mueh, and if the range of ¢ vision could be diminished one- it might be of great service Lo you excluda 15 who of superior CourEe., list of ass e continued the merchant, 1, *1 have thought about the pract bility of creating n on d race soe, of late yeurs the experiment of r ing hornless cattle has proved suces ful, The scedless orange hus also b grown. Why not a on Think of the matter seri worthy of uttention,” And ndjusting his artificinl optic he turned away for a stroll among his cle rks £ Being WORN, i, Ny BNADOI Wit Bee o lhnu(l wrl' them. Manufactured RSE """v] e Wuuz-ul. 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